ps. I said: "or from a specialised battery store on the Internet selling (the same rubbish?) at vastly enhanced prices." - same stuff at inflated price = NOT all of a sudden BETTER QUALITY because a European company is lining their pockets.
One thing that's help is a list of experiences, which 18650 batteries & chargers people have been happy with, which ones folk recommend to avoid like the plague
"oh hang on ...you want cheap AND quality...." - yes, that's what we all want, isn't it??? But, as any fule kno, rarely found. And I never said anything about cheap & quality, I was just asking can one get these thingies from an ordinary shop rather than having to order them via the Internet. I have read that laptops use these batteries - but I don't have spare laptops from which to disconnect them and that doesn't solve the problem of having a charger.
The lygte-info link that Franco sent shows that 18650 batteries/cells come in different lengths and thicknesses! I have 'AAA' batteries here of different lengths & thicknesses - those from our local shop, which I'd describe as standard size, seen them many times before - and some from China which came with a free torch the bank gave me when I opened an account with them, and these are thinner & shorter and don't work in other things that take AAAs because they dinna reach the contacts!
That just makes things more confusing - I wonder if I kept the packet, perhaps the length, diameter of body, and diameter of head for the 18650 battery I need is printed upon it?!
Are there no shops in England where one can just walk in and say "I'd like a 18650 battery for this thing 'ere?" ?
Recently I bought lights for my bike, Cree T6 or somesuch. The back light takes AAA batteries but the front one wants 18650 batteries. I have only seen these on Ebay (all sent from China) or from a specialised battery store on the Internet selling (the same rubbish?) at vastly enhanced prices.
Are there no shops where one can simply walk in and buy these re-chargable 18650 batteries + charger?
What brands are OK, which ones to avoid? Are the Chinese 'burning' us by making products that take only batteries that are available only from China?
Emerald Fox
But, as any fule kno, rarely found. And I never said anything about cheap & quality, I was just asking can one get these thingies from an ordinary shop rather than having to order them via the Internet. I have read that laptops use these batteries - but I don't have spare laptops from which to disconnect them and that doesn't solve the problem of having a charger.
